Grand Rapids Committee on Appointments Meeting – September 8, 2026
Committee on Appointments Meeting – September 8, 2026
The Committee on Appointments convened at 8:00 a.m. and adjourned at 8:02 a.m. The short agenda focused on the current board and commission vacancy list, upcoming year-end appointment planning, and a request for additional membership detail in vacancy materials. No agenda or minutes were available; this summary is based on the raw transcript.
Discussion Items
- Miss Bosker reported that the vacancy list is largely unchanged. The mayor has someone in mind for the Land Bank appointment, and committee members have someone in mind for a Vital Streets appointment; staff are finalizing vetting and hope to place those on the next agenda.
- Bosker said she will provide a draft of the year-end agenda item to the mayor this week, consolidating expected appointments, vacancies, and reappointments, and will share it with committee members.
- Applications are coming in for some Corridor Improvement Authority (CIA) vacancies, and those will continue to be processed even though those terms do not end at year end.
- Commissioner Isassi asked about the required makeup of CIA bodies, specifically whether each body can have up to two resident members. Bosker said the requirement is at least one resident, and that practice has been to avoid a resident majority because of business/property-owner interests.
- Commissioner Isassi requested that the vacancy sheet include information on the makeup of each body (number of residents versus property/business owners) as members are added or lost. Bosker acknowledged the request.
Key Outcomes
- No formal votes or decisions were taken.
- Next steps include adding Land Bank and Vital Streets appointments to a future agenda, preparing the year-end appointment agenda item, continuing CIA vacancy fills, and updating vacancy sheets to show resident versus property/business-owner membership composition.
Meeting Transcript
Good morning, everyone. We will call the committee on appointments to order at 8 a.m. We have a short agenda this morning. Miss Bosker, if you could please guide us through a discussion on the current board and commission vacancy list. Yes, obviously not much has changed. Um we're still working in the background. I know that the mayor has somebody in mind for the land bank, and that you all have someone in mind for Vital Streets. We're just working through getting betting wrapped up for those. So hoping as soon as that those are ready, we'll get them on the next agenda. Um and then in addition, still just working on the end of year. This week, I will be getting a draft of the end of year agenda item to the mayor, just to have in one spot everything to expect. Um, and I'll get that to you all as well to start thinking about those appointments and vacancies and reappointments. Um, and then in addition, we're getting applications in for some of those corridor improvement authority vacancies. So we'll keep that moving too, even though those uh appointments, those terms aren't ending with the year end. We'll still try to fill some of these vacancies in the next couple meetings. Thank you, Miss Bosker, and thank you for your work on this. Questions, comments, concern colleagues? Commissioner Isassi? Um, thanks so much, Miss Bosker, for that overview. Could you when we look at these in the future? I know for the corridor improvement authorities. Um each body can have up to two resident members. Is that correct? Or is that, you know, is that more of our practice that we've had or the requirements of that body? I think the requirement is that one at least one has to be okay resident. And I think it's just sort of been the practice. My understanding is to not have it be a majority be residents that they do like to have the business interests. But I think the requirement is just to have the one. Just to have the one. Okay. And then um, could we include that that detail on this sheet as well? Of you know, not necessarily one is for a resident, but if you could list the makeup either as we add the current or as we add or as we lose people of what is that makeup of how many residents to property owners. I should say it's property owners, not just business owners. So yes, property owners and business owners, I should say. Yeah, okay. Great. Thank you. Thank you for that note, Commissioner. All right, any others? All right, you all. Well, happy September. It's crazy that it's already September. What a fun year it's been. I hope everyone has a wonderful morning, and we will adjourn the committee on appointments at 8 02 a.m. Okay.
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